Washington, D.C. is, of course, a political town,
but it's also rich with arts and culture and history, regardless of who occupies the White House.
A crown jewel of the city has been the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.
The Kennedy Center is this grand monument to theater and live entertainment that sits along the Potomac River.
Supporting the Kennedy Center has always been nonpartisan.
President Donald Trump has changed that.
Earlier this year, Trump was made the chair of the Kennedy Center board.
And this week, Trump inserted himself into its marquee event, the Kennedy Center Honors.
It's a massive event that awards musicians, actors, and artists.
On Wednesday, Trump did something that a president has never done before.
He held a press conference at the Kennedy Center and said he was going to host the show this year.
I shouldn't make this political
because they made the Academy Awards political and they went down the tubes.
So they'll say, Trump made it political,
but I think if we make it our kind of political, we'll go up, okay?
Let's see if I'm right about that.
From the newsroom of The Washington Post, this is Post Reports.
I'm Colby Ickowitz.
It's Thursday, August 14th.
Today I talk with features reporter Travis Andrews about how Trump is reshaping the Kennedy Center in his image.